[kiran], f. a ray, beam.
[◀MIA: Pk. kiraṇa- m.n. ‘ray’; Pa. kiraṇa- n. ‘effulgence’ ◀OIA kiráṇa- m. ‘dust’ RV., ‘ray of light’ MBh. <√kr̥̄ ‘scatter, strew, pour out’ ◀PIE *(s)ker-, skerǝ- : skrē- ‘to spring, leap, jump about; to run; to turn’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. scherzo ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0828; (Turner, 1966) 3171, p.179; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 215; (MW, 1899) 0283, 0308; (Pokorny, 1959) 0933; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.311
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